How to pronounce“behest”in English
this. Uh the foreign minister Abbasar Rachi put out a social media post in which he described this as a blatant UN charter violation done at Israel's
behest and he said that it could not go unanswered. Uh for his part, Ukraine's
foreign minister Andre Sabha called uh Iran's threats unjustified and groundless. And he said that the regime in Tehran is a direct accomplice to
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Definitions of “behest”
A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of and at one's behest.
“Moſt great and puiſant Monarke of the earth, Your Baſſoe wil accompliſh your beheſt: […]”
A vow; a promise.
“c. 1440, Markaryte Paston, letter to John Paston The time is come that I should send it her, if I keep the behest that I have made.”
To promise; vow.